Honorary Canadians

This room is dedicated to the artists who, while not born here, made a meaningful mark on Canadian music. Whether they came to record, perform, collaborate, or simply found inspiration on Canadian soil, these Honorary Canadians became part of the story. Some stayed briefly, others put down roots—but all contributed to the cultural fabric in unique ways. From one-off sessions to lasting legacies, this is a salute to the outsiders who felt right at home in Canada.

Tracks

Artist	Track	Title	Length
Ellen McIlwaine	We the People	We the People	03:23
Ellen McIlwaine	Up From the Skies	Honky Tonk Angel	03:52
Kyiv Pops Orchestra*	Handzya	Ukrainian Pops	02:20
Priscilla* Rollins	Mama You Treat Your Daughter Mean	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:26
Ellen McIlwaine	Danger Zone	Everybody Needs It	04:18
Yukon*	Genius	Nova Scotia b/w Genius	01:59
Ellen McIlwaine	Can't Find My Way Home	Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years	03:39
Alpha Centauri	Make it at Rock 'n' Roll	ST	02:29
Nelson* Riddle	Vancouver Nights	British Columbia Suite	02:09
Buddy Knox	I'm In Love With You	ST	01:46
Sidewinders	A Voyage	Flatfoot Hustlin'	01:06
Ellen McIlwaine	I Don't Want to Play	Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years	03:20
Ellen McIlwaine	Wade in the Water	Honky Tonk Angel	04:55
Kyiv Pops Orchestra*	Kolomayka	Ukrainian Pops	02:45
Kyiv Pops Orchestra*	Black Brows Dark Brown Eyes	Ukrainian Pops	02:31
Jack Holland	Roasalie	The Eyes of a Dreamer	02:01
Sidewinders	I Like Your Stuff	Flatfoot Hustlin'	04:49
Zambonis*	To Bleed Black and Gold (demo)	To Bleed Black and Gold	01:53
Nelson* Riddle	Government House	British Columbia Suite	02:32
Happy Dolls	Funky Stuff	Show Album No. 1	03:04
Nelson* Riddle	Butchart Gardens	British Columbia Suite	03:23
Loni Gamble	In love for the First Time	ST	03:40
Ellen McIlwaine	Don't You Have any Love in Your Heart?	Ellen McIlwaine	03:57
Alpha Centauri	I'm a Rebel	ST	03:37
Ellen McIlwaine	Weird of Hermiston	Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years	05:06
Cal* Bostic	May I	Introducing...	02:34
The Revelaires*	Cab Driver	Great Pretender b/w Cab Driver	03:06
Sidewinders	Time For Loving	Flatfoot Hustlin'	04:24
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)*	Till You're Loving Me Again	I'm a Song	03:34
Ellen McIlwaine	For Suki	Fear Itself	02:47
Kyiv Pops Orchestra*	Your Seduced Me Ти Ж Мене Підманула	Ukrainian Pops	02:41
Ellen McIlwaine	The Letter	Fear Itself	02:10
Buddy Knox	Rock Around the Clock	ST	01:53
Buddy Knox	Don't Make Me Cry	ST	02:20
Zambonis*	Boom Boom Boom	To Bleed Black and Gold	02:07
Ellen McIlwaine	Toe Hold	Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years	04:32
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra	And I Love Her	And I Love Her	02:22
Jack Holland	The Eyes of a Dreamer	The Eyes of a Dreamer	02:24
Kyiv Pops Orchestra*	The Boat is Rocking	Ukrainian Pops	02:36
Priscilla* Rollins	Goody Goody	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:26
Ellen McIlwaine	All to You	Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years	03:05
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)*	Can't Eat	Shirley Lewis Show Band	04:18
Priscilla* Rollins	Sweet Inspiration	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:33
Buddy Knox	Rock-a-Billy Walk	ST	02:15
Ellen McIlwaine	Isn't That So	Ellen McIlwaine	03:55
Kyiv Pops Orchestra*	Unleash the Horses Boys	Ukrainian Pops	02:00
Zambonis*	To Bleed Black and Gold	To Bleed Black and Gold	01:55
Cal* Bostic	Just a Boy And Girl in Love (Doug Randle)	Introducing...	02:41
Jack Holland	I'll Pick Her Up	The Eyes of a Dreamer	02:41
Albert Jones*	That's the Way You Lost My Love	The Facts of Life	03:56
Buddy Knox	Party Doll	ST	02:08
Happy Dolls	Hello Dolly	Show Album No. 1	01:44
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)*	The Lady is a Tramp	Amist the Black Eyes	02:38
Ursa Major*	In My Darkest Hour	ST	05:28
David Amram	Song for Kenya	Summer Nights, Winter Rain	04:16
Nelson* Riddle	Valley of the Swans	British Columbia Suite	04:07
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)*	Late Night Movies	I'm a Song	03:17
Ellen McIlwaine	Hang On to a Dream	Everybody Needs It	03:45
Joe* Glazer	This Land is Your Land	A Douglas For Me (picture sleeve)	02:29
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)*	Hard Hard Times	Shirley Lewis Show Band	01:31
Oscar* McLollie	Blues in Nova Scotia (Oscar McLollie)	ST	06:47
Ellen McIlwaine	Up From the Skies	Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years	03:52
Country Mcdonald Joe*	The Call	War War War	02:36
Dils*	Sound of the Rain (Le sond de la pluit)	Made In Canada	03:26
Charmaines*	The One For Me	(You Are) Hypnotized b/w The One For Me (promo)	02:15
Ursa Major*	Sinner	ST	07:29
Ernie* Smith	Who I Am	To Behold Jah	04:12
Aarons And Ackley*	Truly	You And I	01:52
Zambonis*	Hockey Marlee	To Bleed Black and Gold	02:19
Eddie* Murray	Montreal, Canada Blues	Montreal, Canada Blues b/w Stepping High Dance	03:34
Buddy Knox	C'mon Baby	ST (mono)	02:05
Buddy Knox	Rock House	ST	01:53
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble*	Boots	Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection	03:36
Matt Lucas*	I'm Movin' On	The Old Man b/w I'm Movin' On	03:05
Cal* Bostic	Georgie Girl	Introducing...	01:56
David Amram	The Mountain Song	Summer Nights, Winter Rain	03:15
Ellen McIlwaine	Never Tell Your Mother She's Out of Tune	We the People	02:25
Albert Jones*	You and Your Love	The Facts of Life	03:22
Happy Dolls	Pick Up the Pieces	Show Album No. 1	03:59
Jonathan Edwards	Let the Rough Side Drag	Sailboat	03:00
Aarons And Ackley*	Willie Boy	ST	03:02
Country Mcdonald Joe*	War Widow	War War War	02:04
Joe* Glazer	New Democratic Party Train	A Douglas For Me (picture sleeve)	02:58
Ernie* Smith	Ska Medley: Jamaica Ska; Humpty Dumpty; A Little More Oil; Six And Seven Books; Oh Manny Oh	Skareggae	07:24
Matt Lucas*	Men's Liberation	Matt Gets Blue	01:54
Nelson* Riddle	Victoria	British Columbia Suite	02:26
Aarons And Ackley*	Swanee Song	ST	02:48
Alpha Centauri	You Shot Me Down	ST	05:43
Zambonis*	The Hockey Song	Playoff Fever	02:25
Ellen McIlwaine	Toe Hold	Honky Tonk Angel	04:32
Buddy Knox	Swingin' Daddy	ST (mono)	01:50
Jonathan Edwards	Sailboat	Sailboat	03:08
Ellen McIlwaine	Never Tell Your Mother She's Out of Tune	Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years	02:25
Doc Holiday*	Canadian State of Mind	Canadian State of Mind b/w Canadian State of Mind	03:37
Albert Jones*	She Lost Her Faith	The Facts of Life	03:47
Tony McManus	Donal Og - The Lea Rig	The Maker's Mark (The Dream Guitar Sessions)	03:03
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra	Ill Wind	And I Love Her	01:51
Sidewinders	Gift to the Sun	Flatfoot Hustlin'	06:09
Alpha Centauri	Love is a Curse	ST	06:19
Ellen McIlwaine	Everybody Wants to Go to Heaven (But Nobody Wants to Die)	Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years	02:25

Honorary Canadians

Tracks

Ridni Naspivy Ensemble* - Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection

FEATURED

The Revelaires* - You're So Wrong b/w She Wears My Ring

FEATURED

The Revelaires* - Great Pretender b/w Cab Driver

FEATURED

Matt Lucas* - Matt Gets Blue

Ursa Major* - ST

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Ellen McIlwaine

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Honky Tonk Angel

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Everybody Needs It

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - We the People

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Fear Itself

FEATURED

Country Mcdonald Joe* - War War War

FEATURED

Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* - Amist the Black Eyes

FEATURED

Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* - You Belong to Me b/w Respect (picture sleeve)

FEATURED

Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* - Shirley Lewis Show Band

FEATURED

Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* - I'm a Song

FEATURED

Cal* Bostic - Introducing...

FEATURED

Aarons And Ackley* - ST

FEATURED

Matt Lucas* - The Old Man b/w I'm Movin' On

FEATURED

Tommy Makem - Vancouver b/w Better Times

FEATURED

Oscar* McLollie - ST

FEATURED

Oscar* McLollie - Chilliwack Valley b/w She's a Child

FEATURED

Oscar* McLollie - So Pleasing Loving You b/w As Long As You Care at All

David Amram - Summer Nights, Winter Rain

FEATURED

Bluebird* - Country Boy Blues b/w A Good Thing Lost

FEATURED

Loni Gamble - ST

Dave Gordon & Kay* - I Love That Hockey Team b/w The Fiddler's Widow

FEATURED

Albert Jones* - The Facts of Life

FEATURED

Alpha Centauri - ST

Priscilla* Rollins - Lover's Choice Vol. 1

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